continues this week. yesterday on that trip an abc news reporter asked president obama about the aforementioned marvelous mitt romney and mitt romney s claims during the presidential campaign that america s number one geopolitical foe is russia. now that russia is behaving so abominably, was mitt romney right? in right of recent developments, do you think mitt romney had a point when he said that russia is america s biggest geopolitical foe, if not russia, who? with respect to mr. romney s assertion that russia is our number one geopolitical foe, the truth of the matter is that america has got a whole lot of challenges. russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors, not out of strength but out of weakness.
actions should be condemned. in brussels president obama made that point again in a formal address. and he made the point in an even more pointed way. understand as well, this is not another cold war that we re entering into. after all, unlike the soviet union, russia leads no bloc of nations, no global ideology. president obama saying today this isn t another cold war in part because russia is not important enough to fight another cold war with. the keenest kremlin watchers that i have spoken to during this whole russia crisis, people who have been trying to figure out vladimir putin s next move, the things you hear now is how vain putin is. how he values his image and the image of his strength above all else. that s where he s most
developments, do you think mitt romney had a point when he said that russia is america s biggest geopolitical foe, if not russia, who? with respect to mr. romney s assertion that russia is our number one geopolitical foe, the truth of the matter is that america has got a whole lot of challenges. russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors, not out of strength but out of weakness. ukraine has been a country in which russia had enormous influence for decades since the breakup of the soviet union. and, you know, we have considerable influence on our neighbors. we generally don t need to invade them in order to have a
after all, unlike the soviet union, russia leads no bloc of nations, no global ideology. president obama saying today this isn t another cold war in part because russia is not important enough to fight another cold war with. the keenest kremlin watchers that i have spoken to during this whole russia crisis, people who have been trying to figure out vladimir putin s next move, the things you hear now is how vain putin is. how he values his image and the image of his strength above all else. that s where he s most vulnerable. now our president is mocking vladimir putin s weakness and deride poor little russia as a regional power with no standing as an international force. what will this do in practical terms? we have no idea yet. but nonmilitary war is not an economic one, it s very clearly
ukraine has been a country in which russia had enormous influence for decades since the breakup of the soviet union. and, you know, we have considerable influence on our neighbors. we generally don t need to invade them in order to have a strong cooperative relationship with them. the fact that russia felt compelled to go in militarily and lay bear these violations of international law indicatesless influence, not more. president obama yesterday in the netherlands explaining that russia is basically a gnat on the butt of an elephant. calling russia, merely a regional power that does not rise to the level of a major challenge for the united states. saying that slid m saying that vladimir putin s